βελτ-ίων, ον,
genitive ονος, comparative of ἀγαθός, better (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), βέλτιόν [ἐστι]] Refs 8th c.BC+] it is fitting, conuenient, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μανθάνειν βελτίονα [[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus] “fragment” 1120.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸ β. χωρεῖν improve, advance, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.50; ἐπὶ τὸ β. ἐλθεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγειν[[ [prev. work] 29; τὰ βελτίω προσδοκᾶν ἀεί 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb βελτιόνως, ἔχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 484a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. [ῑ Attic dialect, but βέλτῐον [[ 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 2.10.] ] Refs 6th c.BC+]